Introduction
Master's degree website: href = "https://www.ucm.es/master-historia-contemporanea/
General administrative inquiries: General Information Service. E-mail: informacion@ucm.es
Specific academic consultations: Mr. Carolina Rodríguez López (Coordinator). E-mail: carolinarodriguez@ghis.ucm.esType of education: Face-to-face.
Number of new entry places offered: 40
Total credits: 60
Languages taught: Spanish.
Indicative price: € 39.27 per credit
Master's Scholarship: see relevant information here .AboutThe Master's Degree in Contemporary History is taught jointly by the departments and areas of Contemporary History of eight universities. Its interuniversity nature is justified by the need to transcend departmental compartmentalisation to offer training of excellence at the postgraduate level, which can only be achieved by pooling the resources of the main centers of contemporary Spanish.
Curriculum
COMPULSORY SUBJECTS
ECTS
SEMESTER
Module I. Research Lines
Teachings on the Net 5
5
1st and 2nd
UIMP Conference Cycle (Santander)
5
2nd
OPTATIVE SUBJECTS
ECTS
SEMESTER
Module II. Contemporary History Topics (taught at the UCM)
Asia in the 20th century
5
1st
Culture and Daily Life in State Socialism
5
1st
Exiles and Cultural Transfers in the 20th Century
5
1st
History of the Cities of Spain
5
1st
Intellectuals, University and Politics in Interwar Europe
5
1st
Foreign Policy of Spain in the Franco regime and in the Transition
5
1st
Cultural Policies
5
1st
Society and Politics during the Franco regime
5
1st
European Construction and Europeanization Processes
5
2nd
Dictatorships and Memory in the 20th Century
5
2nd
Cultural Studies and Cultural Theory
5
2nd
Intellectuals and Political Life in Contemporary Spain
5
2nd
Culture in the Century of Liberalism
5
2nd
The Cultural Dimension of International Relations
5
2nd
Social Movements and Living Conditions in Contemporary Spain
5
2nd
Gender Relations in Contemporary Societies
5
2nd
MASTER'S FINAL PROJECT
Final Master's Project
twenty
1st and 2nd
goals
The objectives of this program are to create a school for contemporary historians, in which the necessary knowledge and techniques are acquired to be able to undertake research work in History, either as a professional historian, or in other professional fields such as journalism, museums, cultural animation, teaching, publishing, social and political analysis ...
Recipients
The students who access the University Master's Degree are graduates (or eventually graduates) in History, Geography and History or Philosophy and Letters (in any of the History specialties), or in some other related official degree, such as that of Humanities or Social Sciences.
Students with degrees obtained in educational systems outside the European Higher Education Area will need to prove an equivalent level of training. Students from other degrees or degrees may be required to take some complementary training courses.
Why study this master?
The Master's Degree in Contemporary History is a consolidated and recognized degree, a reference in its specialty on a national scale. Its academic and research profile offers the possibility of accessing specialized higher education, oriented to professional life and recognized in all the countries of the European Union and in many other states.
People who have received scientific training have the best training to practice the most varied professions at a high level.
Its fundamental objective is the preparation of researchers capable of making research their main activity (within the framework of the university, research institutes and centers, in specialized journals ...) or complementary (as an extension of professional performance in archives, libraries, museums, cultural centers, teaching in secondary education ...). It also seeks to provide permanent training in the field of contemporary history to different professionals in the field of teaching, information or scientific dissemination.
Admission requirements for masters
Non-enabling university mastersBe in possession of any of the following titles:Spanish official university degree .
Title issued by an institution of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and empowering in the country of issue for access to Master's education.
Title of educational systems outside the EHEA that empowers in the country of issuance for access to Master's education, homologated or declared equivalent to the degree and academic level of Degree or Degree by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training . In case of lacking the mentioned homologation or equivalency, it will be necessary to have authorization or access permission granted by this University.
Or be carrying out studies leading to the obtaining of any of the previous degrees during the course in which the pre-registration is carried out and be in a position to prove the obtaining of the same before the date established in the corresponding call (see href = "https: //www.ucm.es/requisitos-de-admision-a-masteres ).
In addition, students from foreign educational systems, whose mother tongue is different from Spanish, must prove level B2 of the Spanish language (or higher) .
Specific requirements that any of the requested masters may have. You can consult it by accessing the website of the Master itself.
